Spanish Explorers
Technology
Vocabulary
Explorers
trivia
100
Which Spanish explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1513?
Who is Vasco de Balboa?
100
This invention helped spread ideas and knowledge in the 1450's
What is the printing press?
100
scientific knowledge and tools
What is technology?
100
This explorer was known for finding North America in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
this tribe was the first to have chocolate and believed it was a gift from God
Who is the Aztecs?
200
Which Spainish explorer claimed Florida in search of the fountain of youth?
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
200
smaller lighter ships that was used in the Age of Exploration
What is a caravel?
200
a trip taken with the goal of exploring
What is an expedition?
200
Which country sponsored Columbus on his expedtion to try and find Asia?
What is Spain?
200
the native group in South America was conquered by the Spainish
Who is the Incas?
300
Spanish explorers and soldiers were known as
What is a conquistador?
300
flat drawings of the earth's surface that helped explorers
What is a map?
300
a new age of learning in science and art that began in Europe
What is the Renaissance?
300
This English explorer claimed land in Canada
Who is John Cabot?
400
Which explorer conquered the Aztecs and took their gold and killed thousands?
Who is Hernando Cortes?
400
This tool was used to show directions- north,south, east and west
What is a compass?
400
an agreement between countries to settle a dispute
What is a treaty?
400
The first Europeans to land in North America 500 years before Columbus
Who is the Vikings?
500
Which explorer claimed land in Mexico and the Southwest United States in search of a golden city?
Who is Francisco de Cornado?
500
This tool was used to find the latitude based on the height of the sun and the north star
What is a astrolabe?
500
a person who runs a business for profit
What is entrepreneurs?
500
His book inspired other Europeans to explore and find riches in Asia
Who is Marco Polo?
500
anything made by native americans like baskets ot tools is called
What is artifacts?
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